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SQL Server 2014 with Powershell v5 Cookbook

You're reading from   SQL Server 2014 with Powershell v5 Cookbook Over 150 real-world recipes to simplify database management, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance your productivity

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785283321
Length 760 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Donabel Santos Donabel Santos
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Preface 1. Getting Started with SQL Server and PowerShell 2. SQL Server and PowerShell Basic Tasks FREE CHAPTER 3. Basic Administration 4. Security 5. Backup and Restore 6. Advanced Administration 7. Audit and Policies 8. High Availability with AlwaysOn 9. SQL Server Development 10. Business Intelligence 11. Helpful PowerShell Snippets A. PowerShell Primer B. Creating a SQL Server VM Index

Making a snapshot as a baseline

Once you have your base virtual machine set up, it is a good idea to take a snapshot if your VM application allows it. You may want to create a snapshot to preserve the current state of your snapshot and to enable you to go back to this state later on.

VMware workstation allows you to take snapshots. The option is accessible from the menu item:

Making a snapshot as a baseline

When you take a snapshot, all you need to provide is the name and optionally a description:

Making a snapshot as a baseline

You can check the following YouTube video for VMware Snapshot Best Practices at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8KOh4CzmQc.

VMware also has an article on Understanding virtual machine snapshots in VMware ESXi and ESX, which is available at http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1015180.

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